Mohsen Rezaei, Iran's top security official, says no talks are under way with the US and that Washington's first reply to Iran's conditions fell short. The statement goes further than his posts on X on 9 November, in which he told the US to stop "manufacturing FAKE NEWS about imaginary talks".
Speaking on 10 November, he said, as quoted by Anadolu:
"We have communicated our conditions to the American side, but their initial response was insufficient and deceptive, and we are still awaiting an explicit and clear response."
Anadolu reports that Rezaei said the Strait of Hormuz would stay closed until all seven of Iran's conditions were fully implemented. Al Jazeera has previously reported that these include lifting US sanctions and releasing frozen funds. Rezaei also called reports of a planned meeting with Vice President JD Vance in Qatar "baseless", the Times of Israel also reports.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said after Qatar's prime minister visited Tehran and Washington: "We have never turned away from diplomacy. We have made our conditions clear and remain steadfast in our position", according to Iran International.
Rezaei's account of the US response has not been independently checked.